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John Ortiz

John Ortiz

8 films · 434 frames · top-billed in 1 · 20022023

Born 23 May 1968 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

John Augustin Ortiz is an American actor. He is known for his antagonist role as Arturo Braga in Fast & Furious (2009) and Fast & Furious 6 (2013), and Clyde in Jack Goes Boating (2010), which earned him a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Actor. He is also an artistic director/co-founder of the LAByrinth Theater Company.

How their films are shot

Measured across 434 frames from the 8 films we hold. This is the look of the work John takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 8 films we hold, 46% of their frames are night, 45% low key — the look of the work John takes.

Time of day

Night46%
Day43%
Interior4%
Golden hour4%

Lighting

Low key45%
Natural44%
Silhouette6%
High key5%

Shot size

Medium36%
Wide28%
Closeup26%
Establishing6%

Camera angle

Eye level86%
Low angle7%
High angle5%

Mood

Neutral60%
Tense24%
Lonely7%
Ominous4%

Films in the library

Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.

Often with

Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.

A reference database for filmmakers

FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 434 frames from John Ortiz's 8 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.